Urethra

PATHOGENESIS

In papers by Lotery et al. (2004) and Green et al. (2001) several causes for vestibulitis are debated. These include the absence or presence of inflammation in the vestibular tissue, and infections such as Candida and human papil-lomavirus, family history and contact dermatitis. They advise that there are no studies to substantiate these. An abnormal pain syndrome or an immunolog-ical role in the causation of vestibulitis are also discussed; but again Lotery et al. (2004) and Green et al. (2001) conclude that there is little evidence at present to sustain these causes.